Sex equality can explain the unique social structure of hunter-gatherer bands

Science

Volumn 348, Issue 6236, 2015, Pages 796-798

  Dyble, M ^a   Salali, G D ^a   Chaudhary, N ^a   Page, A ^a   Smith, D ^a   Thompson, J ^a   Vinicius, L ^a   Mace, R ^a   Migliano, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HUNTER-GATHERER; PAIR BOND; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; PAIR BONDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84929353776     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa5139     Document Type: Article

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